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POST TIME: 24 August, 2016 00:00 00 AM
us presidential election 2016
Trump demands closure of Clinton Foundation
AFP

Trump demands closure of Clinton Foundation

Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Hillary Clinton shut down the charitable foundation founded by her husband, former US president Bill Clinton, branding it a “corrupt enterprise”, reports AFP. The Republican presidential candidate also called for a special prosecutor to investigate his Democratic rival, accusing the FBI and Justice Department of a “whitewash” during their probe of her use of a private email server while secretary of state. “The amounts involved, the favors done and the significant number of times it was done require an expedited investigation by a special prosecutor immediately, immediately, immediately,” Trump told a rally in Akron, Ohio, speaking of the State Department under Clinton. The crowd responded with rowdy chants of “Lock her up! Lock her up!” In an earlier statement, Trump called the Clinton Foundation “the most corrupt enterprise in political history.” The charity has raised some $2 billion since it was founded in 2001 after Bill Clinton left office. “It must be shut down immediately,” Trump said. The Republican nominee said the foundation had received financial contributions from various countries “that discriminated against women and gays and everybody else.”